Re: pwc driver status?

[Mathis Ahrens <Mathis.Ahrens@gmx.de>]

Jan De Luyck wrote:

>On Saturday 13 November 2004 22:18, Luc Saillard wrote:
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>>On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:09:38PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote:
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>>>>Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option right now for other
>>>>reasons...
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>>>That's a pity... because there is no 2.4 version of Luc's driver as far
>>>as I know :(
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>>I don't use a 2.4 kernel, so i can produce patch for older kernel, but i'll
>>not test them. If someone want a 2.4 kernel tell me, and i'll try to mande
>>a patch using difftools. I prefer to add features like v4l2, than
>>supporting and testing old kernel (or writing documentation).
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>Understandable. I'll look into getting the other box upgraded, tho the owner 
>of it is kinda reluctant to do so.
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I don't think you have to.
The latest release from nemosoft is not in the kernel anymore, but still
online:

    http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/

It is supposed to still work with 2.4

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>>>>Is this driver also supporting the Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks? I
>>>>found some references that the 'official' one used to do that, but I
>>>>can't find much docs...
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>>>As far as I know, yes. The source code seems to indicate the same.
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>>If the old driver supports, mine too (minor some very old webcam).
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>Ok, good to know. Would be nice tho to have some actual 'confirmation' of this 
>fact before I run off to spend money ;p
>
 From the philips.txt included in the above reference:

    As of this moment, the following cameras are supported:
    [...]
     * Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro
    [...]

(Note the 'Pro', this might be important!)

And as Luc said, once you upgrade to 2.6 you will have the same
support with his driver.

Cheers,
Mathis